What Salim Ismail has said about Technological unemployment
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 17, 2026
Salim Ismail, Founder of OpenExO and author on exponential organizations, co-host of Moonshots, has been quoted on Technological unemployment 2 times in 1 episode of Moonshots with Peter Diamandis, most recently on October 17, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Ismail argues society faces many simultaneous 'Gutenberg moments' that institutions are unprepared to absorb.
“AI is a Gutenberg moment. Blockchain is a Gutenberg moment. Life extension is a Gutenberg moment”
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis: Flying Tesla Car, Robot Brains Halving in Cost Every 3 Weeks, and Why Incentives Decide AI Alignment | #303 (Oct 17, 2026) · Listen from 1:01:45
Ismail argues that as machines take over work, humans will shift from doing to being.
“as robots and AI take on more and more of the doing, humans spend much more time being”
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis: Flying Tesla Car, Robot Brains Halving in Cost Every 3 Weeks, and Why Incentives Decide AI Alignment | #303 (Oct 17, 2026) · Listen from 1:26:23
Episodes
Flying Tesla Car, Robot Brains Halving in Cost Every 3 Weeks, and Why Incentives Decide AI Alignment | #303Moonshots with Peter Diamandis · Oct 17, 2026 · 1 h 46 min
Peter Diamandis, Salim Ismail, Emad Mostaque and XPRIZE CEO Anousheh Ansari discuss Tesla's flying Roadster, plunging robot AI costs, incentive prizes, AI alignment and human purpose.
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